A Mason City, Iowa, man arrested after nearly running over two Fayetteville police officers turns out to be on a top 10 most wanted list in Iowa, authorities said.

Michael Fuller with the U.S. Marshals Service Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force said David Wever was on a top 10 most wanted list in the state of Iowa. Fuller said agents have been searching for Wever for two or three months after several people across the state of Iowa filed reports that Wever was running a home repair scam.

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He and a guy named Edward Mason were doing home repairs, getting some cash and then taking off with the money, said Fuller, who had no idea why Wever was in Arkansas.

Fayetteville police said foot patrol officers were flagged down at about 12:53 a.m. Sunday by a person behind the Hog Haus, at 430 West Dickson St., who said a man had pointed a gun out of a black pickup parked in the driveway. As the officers walked up to the truck, Wever backed it up quickly, almost hitting one of the officers and stopping in the middle of both lanes of West Avenue, police said.

The preliminary police report said the other officer ordered Wever to stop, but after making eye contact, he accelerated toward the officer, who had to jump out of the way.

Police said Wever continued south on West Avenue, but when traffic was stopped at the red light at Dickson Street he drove on the sidewalk, nearly hitting about 10 people who had to run or jump for safety. Wever nearly hit another vehicle as he continued down West Avenue at 60 to 80 mph, investigators said.

Another officer located the truck and saw that its front tire was disabled and noted the driver was not wearing a seat belt. The officer tried to stop Wever at West Avenue and Prairie Street, but he failed to yield to the patrol car and then fled on foot.

The officer caught Wever and placed him wrist restraints. The officer noted that Wever was swaying and falling, and his breath and body smelled like intoxicants. He also said Wever's eyes were bloodshot and watery, and his speech was slurred.

Wever told police that he had consumed a fifth of peppermint schnapps. At 1:52 a.m., a breath test showed a blood-alcohol level of 0.114 percent. Wever was taken into custody by the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

Wever has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault, refusal to submit to arrest, speeding, disobeying a stop sign, failure to use signal device, obstructing governmental operations, operating an unsafe vehicle and violation of seat belt law.

Police said they found a black ball cap with "Police" on the dash of Wever's truck, and a collapsible baton and large, fixed-blade knife next to the driver's seat.